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Won't say anything bad about vim, I use it on a daily basis but normal IDEs aren't necessarily as bad as some people seem to want to portray them: A few hints
by reitanqild 10y ago
Won't say anything bad about vim, I use it on a daily basis but normal IDEs aren't necessarily as bad as some people seem to want to portray them:
A few hints to get reasonably good, fast:
Use ctrl+arrowleft/arrowright to jump words at a time.
Use shift to select as you move.
This works together so ctrl + shift + arrowright means select to the next word boundary.
At keast in some IDEs this will also stop at word boundaries inside a variable or function name but this should be configurable. I prefer it this way though.
Next: in the menus you'll often see a hint that tells you a direct shortkey for that menu option. This holds true for both window menus on the top as well as in the right click context menu.
- falcolas 10y agoA few hints to get reasonably good, fast (in vim): Use w, W to jump words at a time. Use v before moving to select as you move. This works together, so vw will select to the next word boundary. Press i to insert text, escape to stop inserting text. Next: in the :help files, you will find a hint that tells you a direct shortcut for that command (like :help quit, or :help write, or just plain :help).
- reitanqild 10y agoI personally already use vim, actually prefer it when I remote to servers. I guess my point is just that it seems to me a lot of people (not necessarily you guys) use vim as some kind of cargo cult.